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“Of medicines sedatives”: some notes on adhective position
(Faculty of English. Adam Mickiewicz University (Poland), 2009)
The position of adjectives in the English Noun Phrase is regarded as something quite fixed and
pertaining to the level of syntax rather than to any other. In previous studies (Moskowich 2002;
Moskowich – Crespo 2002; ...
Eighteenth-century scientific writing in the Coruña Corpus: English "cultivated by industrious and good hands"
(Universidad de La Laguna, Servicio de Publicaciones, 2015)
[Abstract]This paper aims at comparing the use of classical terms in eighteenth scientific writing in English once the patterns of Scholasticism have been abandoned and the new methods brought about by Empiricism are ...
“Arguments That Could Possibly Be Urged”: Modal Verbs and Tentativeness in the Coruña Corpus
(2019-07-22)
[Abstract] This paper complements previous research into the late Modern English scientific writing uses of the adverbs possibly and perhaps as manifestations of either subjectivity or intersubjectivity, as presented in ...
Astronomy, Philosophy, Life Sciences and History Texts: Setting the Scene for the Study of Modern Scientific Writing
(Routledge, 2020-06-12)
[Abstract] The aim of this paper is to offer a description of four of the existing subcorpora of the Coruña Corpus of English Scientific Writing. Both the principles of compilation and the sociolinguistic variables considered ...
Stance in the corpus of English life sciences texts: A vindication of text-reading
(Universitat Jaume I, 2023)
[Abstract] Stance in academic writing has been discussed extensively within the fields of discourse analysis andpragmatics (Alonso-Almeida, 2015; Hyland,2005; White, 2003). Thus, Hyland and Jiang (2016) identify certain ...
Conditionals as interpersonal devices in Late Modern English women’s scientific writing
(Universitat Jaume I, 2023)
[Abstract] It is widely recognised that attaining best possible reception of one’s writing within the scientific community is among the main factors that contribute to the rhetorical profile of scientific prose. Authors ...
The Impact of Flipped Learning on Students’ Engagement and Satisfaction Development: A Cross-Country Action Research Study
(Vilnius Pedagogical University, 2022-12-30)
[Abstract] Action research has shown that using the Flipped classroom method, students
become more active and engaged in educational activities. The Flipped classroom method, used in the activity study, revealed that ...
Writing science in urgent times: CoViD-19 and its impact on scientific writing
(De Gruyter, 2022-08)
[Abstract] : The urgent need for new knowledge as a result of the CoViD-19 pandemic has led to a significant increase in the amount of scientific writing on the topic. Various analyses of this phenomenon from different ...
The might of ‘might’: A mitigating strategy in eighteenth and nineteenth century female scientific discourse
(Universidad de La Laguna, 2016)
[Abstract] Apart from the practical function of efficiently exchanging knowledge, scientific writing
is also used to convey persuasion by using a number of pragmatic strategies that help
authors gain acceptance for their ...
Analising the Coruña Corpus: Subjectivity and Intersubjectivity Markers
(Adam Mickiewicz University, 2022)
[Abstract] This paper aims to analyse the concepts of subjectivity and intersubjectivity in scientific writing through the use of stance adverbs perhaps and possibly. These adverbs act as markers of the authors’ presence ...